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  2. Email spam - Wikipedia

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    An email box folder filled with spam messages.. Email spam, also referred to as junk email, spam mail, or simply spam, is unsolicited messages sent in bulk by email ().The name comes from a Monty Python sketch in which the name of the canned pork product Spam is ubiquitous, unavoidable, and repetitive. [1]

  3. Spamming - Wikipedia

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    An email inbox containing a large amount of spam messages. Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send multiple unsolicited messages (spam) to large numbers of recipients for the purpose of commercial advertising, non-commercial proselytizing, or any prohibited purpose (especially phishing), or simply repeatedly sending the same message to the same user.

  4. How to Block Annoying Emails for Good - AOL

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    If you receive a lot of spam, experts suggest starting fresh with two new email accounts: One for marketing deals and another for private emails with friends and family.

  5. History of email spam - Wikipedia

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    The history of email spam reaches back to the mid-1990s when commercial use of the internet first became possible [1] [2] - and marketers and publicists began to test what was possible. Very soon email spam was ubiquitous, unavoidable and repetitive. [3] This article details significant events in the history of spam, and the efforts made to ...

  6. How to Stop Spam Emails and Declutter Your Inbox Once ... - AOL

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    Image credit: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images. 3. Try a third-party program to help. There are a bunch of apps that can be employed to help protect you from spam or weed out spammers that already have ...

  7. Manage spam and privacy in AOL Mail

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    Getting unwanted emails or spam can be frustrating. While most spam emails are being caught by our spam filters, occasionally some can slip through. When this happens, it's important to mark the email as spam. This helps us make AOL Mail even better at recognizing future spam emails. Never interact with spam messages! Any link in a spam message ...

  8. Missing emails? How to find and check your spam folder

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    Many email services also offer filters (and advanced filters) that let you search the messages in your spam folder by sender, date, attachment and more. Second, look for a box next to each email ...

  9. Control excessive spam email - AOL Help

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    This is a tactic used by bad actors and hackers to distract you from seeing emails that really are important to you. This can also be an indication that another login account has been compromised. Why is this happening? There are many reasons why a bad actor may try to flood your inbox with emails: • To distract you from seeing an important email